Sandgren and Norrie have played each other six times in the past, with Norrie winning four of their encounters.

"Three times in a row he beat me. In consecutive tournaments in the fall of 2017, which wasn't a lot of fun," Sandgren recalled.

Norrie, who was born in South Africa and raised in New Zealand before moving to Britain, broke Struff at 6-5 to take the first set.

Struff took the early initiative in the second set, with Norrie dropping a serve for the first time this week.

There was a further service break each before Struff held on to take the set.

However, Norrie was not to be denied in the decider as he raced to a 3-0 lead and stayed in control from there.

Even when a touch of nerves while serving at 5-3 saw him down 0-30 he was able to steady himself to take the match.

Sandgren, ranked 63 in the world and the last player accepted into the main draw of the tournament, picked up a deciding break early in each set against the 34th-ranked Kohlschreiber and was never under pressure.

Kohlschreiber managed to save two match points at 2-5 in the second set before losing the match with a double fault.
Source: AFP

Can he stop complaining for once in his career ? It's already a shame when he acts weird on court

Cypheril y a 6 minutes

High expectations is killing them....

vismaiil y a 3 heures

Rafa will play his game and adjust when/if it's needed. Per usual. Tiafoe will have to outplay him.

christinenelles88il y a 3 heures

Remember when Federer challenged Sampras. Things change. The game remains. Doesn't take anything away from Roger as it didn't take anything away from Pete. We will see where Stefanos stands in comparison to Roger and the rest of the field when he's 37.